Chapter 597

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“Come on, Jason, don’t you ever think that.” Nydia cradled the damp cheeks of her man, her eyes rimming with urgency an redness Each tear he shed seemed to carve both deep and shallow pits into her heart.

No one knew just how strong her Jason was better than she did. He had been her elder brother and sister’s right–hand man, the sharp blade in their hands

But today, for her, this towering pillar of a man had hidden away, weeping silently in the solitude of the kitchen

How much anguish must he endure to strip away his pride, to cast aside his armor, and stand so forlorn?

Jason’s eyes fell, his long lashes damp. His voice was a raspy whisper of hurt, “Nydia, you’re the golden girl of the Ashbourne family, the treasured daughter of Chairman Emeric and Mrs. Myra, the beloved sister of President Ashbourne and Ms. Evadne. I’ve watched you grow up, remember you as a carefree child, lollipop in mouth, trailing behind your sister with such endearing Innocence”

“If it weren’t for me, I can’t bear to think how much happier your days could be. But my family’s ruined your happiness”

Nydia shook her head, tears mingling with her pleas.

She feared he would spiral into self–destructive thoughts.

Jason’s sobs grew thicker, his teeth clenched with a fury that almost shattered them, “Seeing you humiliated by them today, I just

Before he could finish, Nydia stood on tiptoes, sealing his feverish lips with a passionate kiss, eyes closed, lost in the fervor.

Jason’s breath became labored, his gaze intoxicated. His chest heaved against her thinly veiled bosom, the soft yet firm outline unmistakable through her blouse.

Desire slithered inside him, a fiery serpent winding its way to his core.

Plop–plop-

The milk in the pot bubbled over, jarring them from their trance

going to burn if you don’t turn off the stove,” Nydia’s voice was

his embrace

to reality, turned off the burner in a fluster, cleaning up the

breath and chuckled ruefully, “Look at me, I can’t

herself into his arms like a koala, “Jason, you

you’re so important to me. And stop with the gloomy talk. I

kisses, pouted in mock anger,

little princess, have all tasted the bitterness of love. Even Debby, now the First Lady, faced many trials before she and her husband could be together. Our family objected to their age difference, her husband’s frail health, and all the political

fluttered. He’d heard bits of this

look how well it turned out. Debby’s persistence paid off. Her husband adores her. They’ve found their happiness, making sweet music together.”

just as much, won’t you? The happiness you give me won’t be any less than what my

heart skipped a beat, his lips pressing a warm kiss to her

tightly around

is the last time I won’t let you suffer as you did

as he embraced her, vowing. “My last name may be Dempsey, but from

yet worried.

Chapter 597

family left.”

also with release. “From now on, I am

have no family?”

fingertip silencing his lips, “With me, you have a family. My family is

moonlight cast a soft, ambiguous glow.

only natural that they

it was just that–sharing a bed. Jason, ever proper lay in his pajamas beside Nydia, stiff as a dried–up tuna, with an

her sweet scent, feel her breath, her

hard,

man of high principles, with the woman he loved right beside him, the long night stretched on, a

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